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– QUIET CONTEMPLATION ROOM – CAFÉ – STUDENT ENQUIRIES CENTRE – ARTWORKS BY UCL SLADE SCHOOL OF ART ALUMNI AND STAFF – BREEAM ‘OUTSTANDING’ RATING
– EIGHT FLOORS OF STUDY SPACE, OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY – 1,000+ STUDY SPACES – BOOKABLE STUDY CABINS – LANDSCAPING, ROOF TERRACE AND PUBLIC SPACE – STUDENT WELLBEING CENTRE
SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORKS
The Student Centre is home to two works of contemporary art. ‘Untitled (Slade Pinboard)’, is a sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Rachel Whiteread, who is a UCL Slade School of Fine Art alumna. ‘HERE NOT HERE’ is a digital installation that reveals the diversity of the university’s staff and students, by Jon Thomson, Professor of Fine Art at the Slade, and artist and lecturer Alison Craighead. The Centre belongs entirely to students and is their ‘home on campus’ for studying individually or in groups, speaking to the UCL enquiries team or dropping in to the Student Wellbeing Centre for disability, mental health and wellbeing support. Students can also use the adjacent Japanese Garden, which features new landscaping, planting and seating to create a tranquil outdoor space. The Centre has become a popular meeting and study space, both day and night, and forms part of a new accessible route through UCL’s Bloomsbury campus, linking Gordon Street and Gower Street.
A HOME ON CAMPUS
SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN
The building has been designed as a flagship for sustainability, with features including solar panels, efficient sanitary fittings that halve water consumption and windows that open automatically for natural ventilation.
“The Student Centre has really strengthened the sense of community at UCL, the sense of belonging to something great.”
IGNAZIO BACILE DI CASTIGLIONE Year 3 Philosophy, Politics and Economics student
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